This is good news for vigilantes and other terrorist groups but bad news for people who have served their sentences and are trying to reintegrate into society. For now, at least, the enemy gets to gloat.
There are still other ways PFML can be sued for engaging in state-sponsored harassment.
https://www.courthousenews.com/second-circuit-backs-home-checks-for-sex-offenders/
Second Circuit Backs Home Checks for Sex Offenders
September 4, 2019AMANDA OTTAWAY
MANHATTAN (CN) – A Long Island sex offender who faced home visits from a private nonprofit contracted by his county did not endure an unconstitution al search, the Second Circuit affirmed Wednesday.
Writing for a three-judge panel, U.S. Circuit Judge Christopher Droney noted in the ruling that in this case, public-safety interests outweigh the offenders’ rights.
“In sum, the program advances the government’s substantial interest in reducing sex offender recidivism by improving the accuracy of the registry,” the 29-page opinion states. “Thus, the program serves a special need ‘beyond the normal need for law enforcement.’”
A man who served four years in prison on a 1992 rape and sodomy conviction brought the underlying lawsuit under the pseudonym John Jones. Because of his status as a level-one offender — a designation for those deemed to pose a moderate risk of reoffending — Jones faced a 20-year requirement to register annually with the state, visit his local police precinct to get photographed every three years, and tell authorities if he moves.
Because Jones lives in Suffolk County, however, he has also faced additional requirements since 2013 under the Community Protection Act, a local law that established a three-year contract with the nonprofit Parents of Megan’s Law to track and monitor registered sex offenders pursuant to a contract with police.
The group reported a 99% response rate from registrants at the end of the first year and found 13% of home addresses on the registry conflicted with the person’s actual address.
Jones sued after receiving two home visits from the field representative s, saying the threat of embarrassment from such visits made him stop going to his children’s school and athletic activities.
The Fourth Amendment only prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures, but a federal judge ruled against Jones’ case at summary judgment. Affirming that result Wednesday, the Obama-appointed Droney found the visits constitutional under the special needs doctrine.
Pointing to the 1999 ruling Roe v. Marcotte, Droney noted that the same logic allowed the court to upheld a Connecticut law that required incarcerated sex offenders to submit DNA samples to a data bank.
“We held that program served the government’s significant interest in solving past and future crimes, and deterring sex offenders from reoffending in the future,” Droney wrote.
The ruling also says Megan’s Law visits did not significantly affect Jones’ freedom.
“The detention was brief and unobtrusive,” Droney wrote. “The address verification process lasted mere minutes, and the RVRs [Registry Verification Field Representative s] did not request information other than Jones’s address and did not touch him or treat him in a threatening or rude manner.”
Droney added that certain groups of people, such as registered sex offenders, “‘enjoy a diminished expectation of privacy’ in certain information.” Jones had also received advance notice he needed to provide his home address.
Jones was removed from the registry in 2016 after serving the required 20 years.
Link to full decision--
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/jones-ca2.pdf
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Thursday, September 5, 2019
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Just think, Ahearn is trying hard to expand into Nassau County. Here's a good reason to reject that notion
I could almost see Laura Ahearn's masculine face cracking a smile over this disgusting act. It isn't far from certain other folks I've featured on this blog.
http://longisland.news12.com/story/35496357/sex-offenders-would-be-house-burns-down-in-merrick
Sex offender's would-be house burns down in Merrick
Posted: May 23, 2017 11:28 AM EDT
Updated: May 23, 2017 7:41 PM EDT
Sex offender's would-be house burns down in Merrick
MERRICK -
A Merrick home that was soon to be occupied by a registered Level 2 sex offender and his wife went up in flames early Tuesday morning and fire officials say it is considered suspicious.
The fire broke out at the vacant home on Yale Road around 3:30 a.m. and left it gutted.
Over the weekend, fliers were posted in the community alerting them about Daniel Reilly, who was supposed to move to the neighborhood. The fire marshal says they are investigating whether the house fire was linked to the sex offender's expected arrival on the block.
Reilly was convicted in 2013 of rape after admitting to having sex with a 14-year-old student. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six months in jail and 10 years of probation.
Reilly, who lives nearby in North Merrick with his wife and young daughter, told News 12 that he could not speak on the matter.
Developer John Miller says Reilly's wife, Ann Marie, was the sole purchaser of the home. He says he didn't realize that her husband was a registered sex offender until recently.
Miller told News 12 that once he found out who the buyer was married to, he tried to buy her out of the contract.
"We were offering all their money back and more," says Miller.
More than 60 firefighters were called to extinguish the fire. The Nassau fire marshal has not yet said if an accelerant was found. Officials deemed the blaze suspicious based on the volume of the fire and the fact the home was still under construction.
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/merrick-home-destroyed-by-fire-nassau-police-say-1.13657253
Sex offender fliers focus of Merrick house fire probe, officials say
Updated May 23, 2017 6:48 PM
By John Valenti and Michael O’Keeffe
Investigators are trying to determine if an overnight fire that destroyed a house under construction in Merrick is tied to fliers found near the scene alleging the incoming resident is a sex offender.
Those fliers, found attached to utility poles in the area, including ones directly in front of the home, claimed the incoming resident is a Level 2 sex offender whose victim was 13 years old, officials said. A Level 2 sex offender is considered a moderate risk to repeat the offense, according to the New York Department of Criminal Justice Services.
The man pictured on the fliers pleaded guilty to statutory rape in 2013 in Queens Criminal Court. Newsday is not identifying the man in the flyer because authorities could not confirm that he was the incoming resident.
Nassau County Fire Marshal’s Office Division Supervisor James Hickman said the sex offender fliers were being considered as a potential motive. He said the home did not have an active utility service, but declined to say if a preliminary investigation found evidence of any accelerants.
“Standing in front of the house,” Hickman said, “there wasn’t one place you could look where you couldn’t see one of the posters.”
Nassau County police confirmed they were aware of the fliers but did not immediately comment on the investigation by arson-bomb squad detectives.
Police said a Seventh Precinct officer, on routine patrol, spotted the blaze at the house on Yale Road, near Lindenmere Drive, and reported it at 3:33 a.m. Firefighters from Merrick, Bellmore, North Bellmore, North Merrick, Wantagh and Freeport responded to the scene to find it “fully engulfed in flames,” Merrick Fire Department spokesman Ron Luparello said.
He said that at least 60 firefighters battled the blaze for more than two hours before the scene was fully extinguished.
No one was injured.
Richard Watkins, 74, who has lived in neighborhood since 1952, said he had not seen the fliers. He said he understands why people would be upset about the possibility of a sex offender moving in but arson, if that was the case, was not justified.
“I think it is sad. It is tragic for a lot of reasons,” Watkins said. “It seems like any other solution would have been better.”
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Long-Island-Sex-Offender-Home-Fire-Raises-Questions-Arson-423916484.html
Marshals Investigate Whether Fire at Long Island Sex Offender's Home Was Intentionally Set
By Greg Cergol
A house fire in Merrick is raising suspicions over whether it was intentionally set amid resistance to a sex offender's planned move there.
The Nassau fire marshal is investigating whether the early-morning blaze at the house in Merrick was set. A fire marshal supervisor says flyers were posted around the home as it was being built, warning the community that a convicted sex offender was planning to move in there.
"Everyone was very on edge, scared," said neighbor Lindsay Granat. "People in the community were organizing to prevent him from moving here."
"I have two teenaged daughters and no one wants to hear you will have a predator living on the street," said Carrie Burlock.
The sex offender, ******, is a former New York City teacher convicted almost four years ago of having sex with a 14-year-old student. State records indicate he served six months in jail and is now on probation.
No one answered at Reilly's North Merrick home Tuesday.
It remains unclear if he will try to rebuild in Merrick. While many neighbors hope he doesn't, several expressed outrage that someone might see setting a dangerous fire as the answer to the problem.
"It's disgusting!" said Granat. "I mean, my house started lighting on fire, too."
"It says there are people who live here with intolerance and insensitivity to do this, to solve a problem," said Watkins.
http://longisland.news12.com/story/35496357/sex-offenders-would-be-house-burns-down-in-merrick
Sex offender's would-be house burns down in MerrickPosted: May 23, 2017 11:28 AM EDT
Updated: May 23, 2017 7:41 PM EDT
Sex offender's would-be house burns down in Merrick
MERRICK -
A Merrick home that was soon to be occupied by a registered Level 2 sex offender and his wife went up in flames early Tuesday morning and fire officials say it is considered suspicious.
The fire broke out at the vacant home on Yale Road around 3:30 a.m. and left it gutted.
Over the weekend, fliers were posted in the community alerting them about Daniel Reilly, who was supposed to move to the neighborhood. The fire marshal says they are investigating whether the house fire was linked to the sex offender's expected arrival on the block.
Reilly was convicted in 2013 of rape after admitting to having sex with a 14-year-old student. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six months in jail and 10 years of probation.
Reilly, who lives nearby in North Merrick with his wife and young daughter, told News 12 that he could not speak on the matter.
Developer John Miller says Reilly's wife, Ann Marie, was the sole purchaser of the home. He says he didn't realize that her husband was a registered sex offender until recently.
Miller told News 12 that once he found out who the buyer was married to, he tried to buy her out of the contract.
"We were offering all their money back and more," says Miller.
More than 60 firefighters were called to extinguish the fire. The Nassau fire marshal has not yet said if an accelerant was found. Officials deemed the blaze suspicious based on the volume of the fire and the fact the home was still under construction.
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/merrick-home-destroyed-by-fire-nassau-police-say-1.13657253
Sex offender fliers focus of Merrick house fire probe, officials say
Updated May 23, 2017 6:48 PM
By John Valenti and Michael O’Keeffe
Investigators are trying to determine if an overnight fire that destroyed a house under construction in Merrick is tied to fliers found near the scene alleging the incoming resident is a sex offender.
Those fliers, found attached to utility poles in the area, including ones directly in front of the home, claimed the incoming resident is a Level 2 sex offender whose victim was 13 years old, officials said. A Level 2 sex offender is considered a moderate risk to repeat the offense, according to the New York Department of Criminal Justice Services.
The man pictured on the fliers pleaded guilty to statutory rape in 2013 in Queens Criminal Court. Newsday is not identifying the man in the flyer because authorities could not confirm that he was the incoming resident.
Nassau County Fire Marshal’s Office Division Supervisor James Hickman said the sex offender fliers were being considered as a potential motive. He said the home did not have an active utility service, but declined to say if a preliminary investigation found evidence of any accelerants.
“Standing in front of the house,” Hickman said, “there wasn’t one place you could look where you couldn’t see one of the posters.”
Nassau County police confirmed they were aware of the fliers but did not immediately comment on the investigation by arson-bomb squad detectives.
Police said a Seventh Precinct officer, on routine patrol, spotted the blaze at the house on Yale Road, near Lindenmere Drive, and reported it at 3:33 a.m. Firefighters from Merrick, Bellmore, North Bellmore, North Merrick, Wantagh and Freeport responded to the scene to find it “fully engulfed in flames,” Merrick Fire Department spokesman Ron Luparello said.
He said that at least 60 firefighters battled the blaze for more than two hours before the scene was fully extinguished.
No one was injured.
Richard Watkins, 74, who has lived in neighborhood since 1952, said he had not seen the fliers. He said he understands why people would be upset about the possibility of a sex offender moving in but arson, if that was the case, was not justified.
“I think it is sad. It is tragic for a lot of reasons,” Watkins said. “It seems like any other solution would have been better.”
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Long-Island-Sex-Offender-Home-Fire-Raises-Questions-Arson-423916484.html
Marshals Investigate Whether Fire at Long Island Sex Offender's Home Was Intentionally Set
By Greg Cergol
A house fire in Merrick is raising suspicions over whether it was intentionally set amid resistance to a sex offender's planned move there.
The Nassau fire marshal is investigating whether the early-morning blaze at the house in Merrick was set. A fire marshal supervisor says flyers were posted around the home as it was being built, warning the community that a convicted sex offender was planning to move in there.
"Everyone was very on edge, scared," said neighbor Lindsay Granat. "People in the community were organizing to prevent him from moving here."
"I have two teenaged daughters and no one wants to hear you will have a predator living on the street," said Carrie Burlock.
The sex offender, ******, is a former New York City teacher convicted almost four years ago of having sex with a 14-year-old student. State records indicate he served six months in jail and is now on probation.
No one answered at Reilly's North Merrick home Tuesday.
It remains unclear if he will try to rebuild in Merrick. While many neighbors hope he doesn't, several expressed outrage that someone might see setting a dangerous fire as the answer to the problem.
"It's disgusting!" said Granat. "I mean, my house started lighting on fire, too."
"It says there are people who live here with intolerance and insensitivity to do this, to solve a problem," said Watkins.
Sunday, November 27, 2016
The hypocrisy of Eileen Panico, PFML cheerleader and wannabe vigilante thug
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| Eileen Panico, wannabe vigilante |
During an April protest against PFML's controversial contract with Suffolk County, a woman posing as a reporter interviewed the protesters with the sole purpose of collecting info on them to harass them online. This woman is whack job named Eileen Kennedy Panico (last known address 1869 Louis Kossuth Ave., Ronkonkoma, NY 11779, phone # (631) 738-1372), one of Laura Ahearn's most loyal subjects.
The lead protester, Derek Logue, who also runs a blog exposing online wannabe vigilantes like Eileen Panico, (and has already posted about her), tells us what really happened:
About 9:30 am, not long after my arrival (and before the other six protesters arrived) some lady (Eileen) was taking pictures and held a notepad, presenting herself as if she was a reporter. I thought nothing about it and she asked me some mundane questions about why we are protesting. It was a windy morning, and one of our signs blew into the parking lot, and I asked her to retrieve it for me, and she did. She thanked me for speaking, then left.
So all this big gangster talk on the internet is laughable. It took all she had not to physically harm me? ROFLMAO! What a joke. First, she would have been arrested. Second, there is no way this person could hurt me short of a long distance projectile. She couldn't even call me a "disgusting piece of garbage" to my face, despite the fact I was engaging in a peaceful protest with so few demonstrators, right?
Eileen runs (or helps run) a number of Facebook pages:
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| In case she disputes the claim she runs this page |
Eileen Panico has been targeting Mr. Logue online for over half a year now, although she couldn't say anything in person (because most online vigilantes are cowards in real life without a gun and backup). But that hasn't stopped her from slandering and attacking Mr. Logue. Here is one example:
There are three things to mention here. First, she cites a number of online vigilante websites, including notorious (and now deceased) vigilante Valerie "Valigator" Parkhurst from Ft Lauderdale, whose only real claim to fame was getting arrested for pulling a gun on a registered citizen for no reason. Yeah, if it is on the internet it much be true (PFML seems to have the same philosophy, as we have previously discussed on this blog). Second, she obviously discriminates against those with mental illness. (So what if Mr. Logue is "bipolar"? I imagine she's at the least an undiagnosed mentally ill person, judging by her posts.) Finally, she bashes Mr. Logue for "liv[ing] off the government teat" and fundraising for protests.
This last point is particularly hypocritical given the fact Eileen is begging people for money online, collecting food stamps AND disability. And now, I present to you, Eileen Panico's GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/Panico-Family-of-5
They've applied for assistance and unfortunately, they don't get much. Disability pays their taxes and despite what you might think - food stamps for the family covers the basics. It doesn't allow them to get personals such as toilet paper, toothpaste, shampoo and conditioner and other personal items. (That comes from Eileen’s part time salary) They are now behind on many bills - electric, water, phone and the credit card bills from before his illness remain unpaid.
How are the Panicos able to receive food stamps if they own a camper, house and car? Seems to me Eileen's hate is catching up to her the way it caught up to Valerie Parkhurst. Eileen Panico should expect to be served with court papers in a few days. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. Accusing someone of being a pedophile and stalking the community is slander. Maybe PFML will hire an Ohio attorney since PFML's attorneys aren't in Ohio.
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| This is what is known as "slander." |
ADDENDUM: I wanted to share a new post by this group, since they fail to distinguish between "sex offender" and "pedophile":
Yes, it IS slander to make such a bogus claim as Eileen Panico has done. First off, being on the registry does not equate to being a "convicted pedophile." There is no statute in the law called "pedophilia." Thus, one cannot be convicted of "pedophilia" since there is NO CRIME called "pedophilia." Second, Mr. Logue does not run this blog, though we receive information from him, Eileen fails at research once again, which I find amusing. We have also proven that Eileen Panico IS the only known contributor to that FB page (see screenshot above where Panico admits to being "one of the main contributors"), so unless someone else is willing to assume responsibility for this false statement, then Eileen Panico is liable under the law. She
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
One of PFML's biggest legislative supporters openly offers his support to vigilante thugs
This is Brigitte Harris, a deranged psychopath who murdered and mutilated her own father. According to SILive, "Ms. Harris dubbed herself "XXLadyVengeanceXX" on her MySpace page, which she said was a reference to an ultraviolent South Korean film that follows a wrathful woman who abducts a man who has killed several children and takes him to an abandoned school, where she ties him to a chair and chokes him with a tie." Her father was found in her apartment handcuffed and beaten, with his genitals cut off and a towel stuffed in his mouth. She even told the jury she researched Lorenna Bobbitt.
In court, this animal used the abuse excuse as a defense in court, which legal scholar Alan Dershowitz accurately describes as a "lawless invitation to vigilantism." Sure enough, it worked, as she was convicted only of "second degree manslaughter," and while the judge gave hr a 5-15 year prison term, Harris got out after three. To reiterate, Harris got three years for murdering and mutilating her own father!
This is US Senator Charles E. Schumer, the second cousin once removed of TV personality Amy Schumer. Schumer is one of PFML's biggest financial contributors, giving at least $50,000 to Ahearn's group. Schumer was also a big supporter of Brigitte Harris so I find his support of vigilantes disturbing. Just think, this is the same guy who called a flight attendant a "bitch" after she told him to turn off his cell phone before takeoff (a federal regulation, you know), and apparently, other flight attendants have had similar issues with him.
It seems Schumer has a thing for vigilante scumbags, first Brigitte Harris, now Laura Ahearn and company.
Monday, March 21, 2016
In 2006, Donald Keegan was arrested for trying to murder four registered citizens. So why aren't we warned about him?
In September 2006, Donald Keegan, who reportedly worked as a maintenance man at the Suffolk County Department of Public Works in Yaphank, tried to burn down one of Suffolk County's temporary shelters to kill all the registered citizens inside.
Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota told the NY Post an undercover police officer befriended Keegan in the days before the abortive attack and was able to tape him planning the murder through audio and video surveillance. An excerpt of one videotape allegedly shows Keegan lurking in the rear of the targeted home and telling the undercover officer: “I want them dead.” Spota added that Keegan, who was employed as a maintenance worker by Suffolk County, expressed his dislike for blacks, Native Americans and welfare recipients during his conversations with the officer.
Donald Keegan was held on $1 million cash bail and $2 million bond. He faced up to 25 years in prison. He got between 6 and 9 years.
This guy isn't on an "arsonist's registry" (Ohio, California, and Louisiana have arson registries). This guy isn't found on any mugshot websites. I had a hell of a time finding a picture of his arrest photo (found in the archives of an obscure newspaper). I'm willing to bet the neighbors weren't warned a person who tried to kill FOUR people moved in next door to him.
But hey, it seems PFML is more concern with teen sexters than an attempted murderer.
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